#theninjazebra

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theninjazebra replied to your photo: “Did you miss us? We missed you! But we didn’t… miss Scary Holden.”:

!!!! amazing. spot on. perfect.

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As a kiwi who grew up watching Outrageous Fortune (Antony starr was all my friend's 00's tv crush) THANK YOU

im discovering everything late :’D anyway, you’re welcome i guess. im gonna gif him more :3

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@theninjazebra replied to your post: Thinking of doing a set of Naomi as Chief Engineer...

both :D

YES! That’s what I’m thinking tbh. Both roles are equally important to who she is and what she’s capable of. Plus that’s TWO sets of Naomi instead of one ehehehe 8)

@allez-argeiphontes replied to your post: Thinking of doing a set of Naomi as Chief Engineer...

i’d like to see her problem-solving resourcefulness highlighted - we saw her saving their lives on the knight through sheer force of will, saving those 52 people on eros with the somnabulist, and not all the shit going down with the behemoth. all times when no one else could see a way out, hopeless situations. but naomi finds a way.

Oooh, yes those are definitely good scenes! And they certainly highlight some of the traits I admire most about Naomi - her willpower, her resilience, and the way she’s able to combine her natural resourcefulness with her technical skillset to save lives and get her crew out of harrowing situations. 

For this particular set, I really want to highlight her technical expertise (show her in moments when she’s programming or tinkering with the guts of the ship, etc), but I also don’t want to downplay her role as a leader. That’s why I’m wondering if I should combine the two traits in one gif set, or perhaps do two that focus on those things separately. 

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have a search on youtube for a tui (nz songbird) named woofwoof.

What a good bird. The narration on this one is kind of wonderful in how matter-of-fact it is: “Like all tuis, Woofwoof has two voiceboxes.” OK. That is a fact I did not know, but I appreciate it that he took it for granted. That bird has a New Zealand accent; fabulous. Thank you for this :)

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h, j, r

Hey, I was just thinking that I hadn’t seen anything from you in a while, and then I checked & found out that somehow tumblr had me unfollow you. No idea why, because I certainly didn’t tell it to. So sorry about that. Fixed now : )

h: home (the house I grew up in, its creaking floors and off-white walls, our yard and the woods, the hills and creeks all around)

j: the first person I ever felt anything like romantic love for, whose name starts with J

r: I was going to say reading but that’s fairly cliche, so rivers -- the smell, the sound, being on the water and always looking ahead to see what’s coming next, spending all day paddling with good friends & good stories

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26 and 9

Answered 26 (top 3 obscure series/movies/books) here, so let’s go with 9 (top 3 fictional siblings):

Honourable mentions: Éowyn & Éomer from LotR, Elizabeth & Jane from Pride & Prejudice, the Murrys from Madeline L’Engle’s Time quartet, the eponymous Boxcar Children. the Five from Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series, Merricat & Constance Blackwood from Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Sameth & Ellimere from Garth Nix’s Old Kingdom series, the Pevensies from Narnia, the Sohmas from Fruits Basket, and the Potters (Ben, Tom, Lindy) from The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards (yes, that Julie Andrews)

3. Jem & Scout Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird — These are probably going to be fairly predictable answers. Also, curiously, all from books I read as a kid … There should be more literary fiction with siblings, rather than only children (the pairs who come to mind—Jude & Sue from Jude the Obscure, Rahel & Estha from The God of Small Things, Maggie & Tom from The Mill on the Floss—all tread into uncomfortable territory and meet bad ends, hmm). But anyway, Finches, because Scout will always be one of my favourite tomboys and because Jem is the perfect older brother, quick and protective and just a bit annoyed at his little sister. Also Atticus, what a great dad. I haven’t read this book in a while but Scout’s relationship with Jem reminds me a lot of my own relationship with my older brother.

2. Toby, Alexander, and Linnet Oldknow from L.M. Boston’s Green Knowe series — OK, so they’re not the main characters of the series, and they’re not even the focal characters of their book, but they have such a strong presence, and they teach Tolly a lot about the house and its history. Plus Toby is so charming, with his horse skills and his hero moment, and Alexander has a great scene in the spotlight, and Linnet is so charming; you can’t help but like them. I would read a whole series about them. Tolly sort of counts as their sibling anyway (give or take a few generations), I guess, but I always wish that they had more time together. Their book (Children of Green Knowe) is so magical in atmosphere.

1. Simon, Jane, and Barnabas Drew from Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising sequence — So much to say about these three. Their dynamic is so wonderful from their first introduction and only gets better as they grow up and they are such important characters, such human characters, in a series of high magic. I also like their parents a lot, which I feel like is not a thing that happens often with favourite sibling pairs/trios/etc. Honourable mention to the Stanton siblings from the same series, because Will is wonderful and his eldest brother Stephen is one of my favourites. But yeah, the Drews: Simon the eldest, the leader, trying to be the practical one, the one who’s most easily caught up in the “real” world but just as eager to know the other world; Jane the middle-child, the only girl, who’s not relegated to The Chick or The Action Girl or any minor part but has one of the most pivotal roles of all of them and is also the one who’s always looking out for everyone, and I mean everyone; Barney the little brother, the artist, the King Arthur fanatic, the one who believes the most fiercely from the start. The series is excellent, easily one of my favourites (I re-read it almost every year, over winter break), even some 15 years after I first read it. 

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F - Favourite song?

Oh, OK, so we’re starting with the hard questions. With the understanding that this changes for me all the time, I’ve been listening to “In the Hearts of Men" by First Aid Kit on repeat these last 3 days so I think that qualifies.

Will you tell yourself,you all must be what you’ll be.Who’s to say who is who and what is what,If you simply don’t agree?Now, time will come to claim you,and it will have its way.Don’t make mistakes and don’t regret,don’t waste the time that is left,and then do it all with a goddamn smile.

… But if we’re talking definite long-term favourites, it would have to be a 3-way tie between Springsteen’s “Badlands,” Talking Head’s “Naive Melody (This Must Be the Place)" and Joni Mitchell’s "Sire of Sorrow (Job’s Sad Song).”